diff --git a/include/zenoh_commons.h b/include/zenoh_commons.h
index 10deb3062..35f508de7 100644
--- a/include/zenoh_commons.h
+++ b/include/zenoh_commons.h
@@ -524,11 +524,13 @@ typedef struct z_value_t {
  *     z_query_target_t target: The Queryables that should be target of the query.
  *     z_query_consolidation_t consolidation: The replies consolidation strategy to apply on replies to the query.
  *     z_value_t value: An optional value to attach to the query.
+ *     uint64_t timeout: The timeout for the query in milliseconds. 0 means default query timeout from zenoh configuration.
  */
 typedef struct z_get_options_t {
   enum z_query_target_t target;
   struct z_query_consolidation_t consolidation;
   struct z_value_t value;
+  uint64_t timeout_ms;
 } z_get_options_t;
 /**
  * An borrowed array of borrowed, zenoh allocated, NULL terminated strings.
diff --git a/src/get.rs b/src/get.rs
index 6229972e9..d0706bed2 100644
--- a/src/get.rs
+++ b/src/get.rs
@@ -158,17 +158,20 @@ pub extern "C" fn z_reply_null() -> z_owned_reply_t {
 ///     z_query_target_t target: The Queryables that should be target of the query.
 ///     z_query_consolidation_t consolidation: The replies consolidation strategy to apply on replies to the query.
 ///     z_value_t value: An optional value to attach to the query.
+///     uint64_t timeout: The timeout for the query in milliseconds. 0 means default query timeout from zenoh configuration.
 #[repr(C)]
 pub struct z_get_options_t {
     pub target: z_query_target_t,
     pub consolidation: z_query_consolidation_t,
     pub value: z_value_t,
+    pub timeout_ms: u64,
 }
 #[no_mangle]
 pub extern "C" fn z_get_options_default() -> z_get_options_t {
     z_get_options_t {
         target: QueryTarget::default().into(),
         consolidation: QueryConsolidation::default().into(),
+        timeout_ms: 0,
         value: {
             z_value_t {
                 payload: z_bytes_t::empty(),
@@ -218,6 +221,9 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn z_get(
             .consolidation(options.consolidation)
             .target(options.target.into())
             .with_value(&options.value);
+        if options.timeout_ms != 0 {
+            q = q.timeout(std::time::Duration::from_millis(options.timeout_ms));
+        }
     }
     match q
         .callback(move |response| z_closure_reply_call(&closure, &mut response.into()))